Alexander Rorke, the son of the Manhattan District Attorney served Army intelligence during World War II and worked with the CIA. When Fidel Castro took control of Cuba, removing him from power became the focus of his work.

Rorke hired a commercial pilot named Geoffrey Sullivan and together they flew missions over Cuba and several South American countries where Cuban exiles dreaming of taking back their homeland. Sometimes the dropped fliers, and they did at least one bombing run over the island.

On September 20, 1963 Rorke and Sullivan took off from Waterbury CT on what was to be their last flight as the program they were working on was being shut down. Over the next, several days they made several stops picking up Enrique Molina Garcia along the way, arriving at Cozumel Mexico.

There they prepared for their last flight over Cuba. As they took off they left Rorke's wife and Frank Sturgis, who he often worked with in in anti-Castro efforts. They were never heard from again.

Not much is known about Molina. There is some speculation that he may have been a double agent working for Castro. Perhaps the offer of a bounty that Castro offered for the capture of the two Americans may have been more than he could resist.

Rorke's father-in-law, Sherman Billingsley, the owner of New York's Stork Club offered a $25,000 reward for their return. Getting no response he contacted the FBI. J Edgar Hoover responded, "No. I do not want in any way to get involved in this....H"

Sullivan's daughter, Sherry, was a private investigator and did her own digging. She found some people who escaped from Cuba that had heard rumors that Rorke and Sullivan were caught an in Cuban prison. She said in a news interview, “I don’t have any actual proof that my father was executed, but I believe he was.” She filed a wrongful death suit against Cuba.

Many years later, on January 3, 2005 found it necessary to create a press release essentially saying there is no new information available on the disappearance or Rorke and Sullivan.